Today We Pray

Dear Lord, as I rejoice in the gift of this new day, may the light of Your presence fill me with love for you and my fellow man. Defend me this day against all the instincts that tempt me away from love of my fellow man. Let me put aside every sort of prejudice and bias against other people who are different from me.

Let me accept others for who they are. Let me know that they are Your creatures, and that You love them just as You love me. Let me not be stingy with my affection or my support of others out of jealousy, or greed, or pridefulness; but look upon the work of others, and their well-being, as I look upon my own.

I am weak, Lord, and I often stumble and let myself lapse into irritation or anger at others; but through your Holy Spirit, all things are possible. And, I ask that today you be with me at every moment, and fill me with the capacity for love that only your Spirit can bring to me. In the name of my Lord Christ I ask this.

Amen.

Source: dailyprayer.us